CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-57973

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jul 14, 2026Sources checked Sep 28, 2026

4.7MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-57973 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.7. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-57973?

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Subsystem for Linux allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.